"California ranks as having the most stringent wildfire building standards in the nation, a necessity in a state that is highly prone to wildfires, but IBHS standards go above and beyond what California law requires. On the individual home level, IBHS's wildfire resilience standards require Class A fire-rated roofs, higher-quality windows and doors, noncombustible gutters, 5-foot noncombustible buffer around structures and ember- and flame-resistant vents."
"The building code in California only addresses the home itself. It does not address the surrounding area. There's a separate regulation that addresses the defensible space. Our program incorporates both together as a systems-based approach to wildfire mitigation. Under these extreme wildfires, when you have very strong winds, you have to address both the home and its surrounding area to give the home the best chance of survival, Steve Hawks, Senior Director of Wildfire for IBHS, told The Builder's Daily."
"Stone Canyon, KB Home announced yesterday, is the first community in Northern California to meet the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) home- and neighborhood-level wildfire resilience standards. The standards also incorporate neighborhood-level design, including separating most of the community's structures by at least 10 feet, using fire-resistant materials like all-metal fencing and reducing combustible fuels throughout the community."
KB Home opened Stone Canyon, a 24-lot new-home community in Cameron Park, 30 miles east of Sacramento, designed for wildfire resilience. Stone Canyon meets IBHS home- and neighborhood-level wildfire resilience standards, the first Northern California community to do so. IBHS home-level requirements include Class A fire-rated roofs, higher-quality windows and doors, noncombustible gutters, a five-foot noncombustible buffer and ember- and flame-resistant vents. Neighborhood-level measures include separating most structures by at least ten feet, using fire-resistant materials such as all-metal fencing and reducing combustible fuels across the community. The approach integrates home and surrounding-area protections to improve survival during extreme wildfires and may lower insurance risk.
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